'Call me Kanthan'
I launched the eNews Journalism Training Programme in 2003. This was my opening address to the class.
Time for liberation of education
The best possible education doesn't necessarily come out of a classroom. Why not rethink the way we go about teaching our children?
1998 Walkabout
In 1998, I covered the German elections for the Cape Times. This photoblog emerged from that trip.
Obituary: Ameen Akhalwaya
Kanthan Pillay bids farewell to one of South Africa’s foremost journalists
Ameen Akhalwaya chuckled as he lit a cigarette and took a lingering drag, savouring the taste. "Farida has been trying to get me to stop," he smiled. "I have to remind her it's the least of my worries."
We were sitting in his living room at his Rondebosch home. It was the eve of his departure to Johannesburg. Farida merely smiled in response as she handed out cups of tea and plates of biscuits.
Death of a friend
My tribute to Dr Abu Asvat was published in The Daily Princetonian and since then has appeared in many other places.
